Food Flight

By Glen LevyFriday, Apr. 16, 2010

Lee Jin-man / AP

Granted, British food may not have the finest reputation in the world. But that's not a reason to stop their chefs from making the effort. Sadly for the Welsh National Culinary Team, the 10 chefs who were due to fly to Singapore Thursday to compete in next week's FHA Culinary Challenge have been grounded at home. That means the months of planning and perfecting (and presumably eating) dishes may well have been in vain. Team manager Graham Tinsley is understandably frustrated. "It's a real nightmare," he says. "We have just got to wait for the airport to lift the ban and get us on the next flight to Singapore. I have contacted the competition organizers in Singapore to ask if they can reschedule our competing days, and they have asked me to keep them updated."